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If they wanted to go under slot why wasn't it Houck?

I don't understand mlb draft. Why not take the best player available. Why underslot

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17010395)

That dude lumbers out of the box..so basically a DH right there.

Baseball America has his run grade at 40. That's not good for a young guy.

Basically, all the pressure is on his bat.

Such a stupid ****ing strategy. A Dayton Moore pick thru and thru.

So what happens first, new stadium is built or this jag off makes it to the majors?

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Originally Posted by TambaBerry (Post 17010397)

I don't understand mlb draft. Why not take the best player available. Why underslot

Cause you try to steal guys later...here's the issue. When other teams do it too and pick before you problem...

Also the Royals system is so bad they can't handle missing on high picks, it's not a good system that can take chances at all.

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Originally Posted by TambaBerry (Post 17010397)

I don't understand mlb draft. Why not take the best player available. Why underslot

To save money to throw it at players in the later rounds. Like a guy who is borderline on going to college or going pro, or a guy who slips in the draft like Sean Manea. It's the baseball version of a NFL trade down.

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 17010403)

It's not a good strategy when your system is bad, bad systems can't really risk blowing high picks.

Anyway the biggest issue is you can easily argue there were better underslot options than this guy...

Fire Picollo he was skunkheads butt buddy made no sense why they got rid of skunkhead and hired that clown

The Royals are literally trying to have no fans apparently.

I actually think it makes sense given how bad the system is. You don't want to throw all your eggs in one basket. Try and find some guys later on in the draft. Now the issue is whether the guys making the pick are the ones who helped the system get this bad in the first place.

Beyond slot money, it may just be an admission that we are 3-5 years away from being decent.

Regardless of what has been said by others here, I think he sticks at catcher.

Keith Law:

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Mitchell is the best high school catcher in the draft class this year, which probably puts him in the first round automatically, although the potential as a left-handed-hitting catcher with power and plus defense also qualifies him. Mitchell starts with a very wide stance and still strides forward from there, which gave him some trouble with better quality stuff last summer and probably cuts off some of his natural power. His hands work well at the plate and he has the finish to his swing to drive the ball in the air, with 25-homer potential if he hits enough to get to it. He’s a plus defender with a plus arm who is a no-doubt catcher, which is good since he doesn’t have a clear alternative position. He’s nowhere near the same sort of prospect off the mound, but does work 90-94 mph, showing his arm strength, just lacking anything like an average second pitch.

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 17010417)

What happens if the dude is a 1st baseman?

In all reality prep catchers just hit very low, take a look at Melendez to this point.

Makes perfect sense through the lens of 30 year rebuilds

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